Everything You Could Possibly Want to Know About the 2017 Academy Awards and Nominees
Feeling unprepared for Sunday night? Check out all of our Oscar-related coverage from the past year.
The date has finally arrived. We've been talking about this weekend's 89th Academy Awards for months now. So, for those of you who may have missed out, we decided to go ahead and make a comprehensive list of all of our Oscar-related coverage below.
From exclusive, in-depth interviews with the likes of Arrival DP Bradford Young, Lion DP Greig Fraser and Toni Erdmann director Maren Ade, to supercut videos composed of all the year's stunning nominees, to free screenplay downloads for nine of the year's ten best pictures, we have a whole bunch of info here to help prepare you for your Oscars pool.
"Moonlight" Credit: A24
Nominees (In Case You Didn't Already Know)
No Film School's Plethora of Interviews With This Year's Nominees
"Arrival" Credit: Paramount Pictures
- Oscar-Nominated Producer of 'Hacksaw Ridge': What It's Like Being in Development Hell for 16 Years
- 'Moonlight': Barry Jenkins on Why the Exquisite Film Nearly Killed Him
- 'I Am Not Your Negro': Raoul Peck Braved New Forms for His Oscar-Nominated Doc
- Oscar-Nominated 'I Am Not Your Negro': How Editor Alexandra Strauss Cut an 'Impossible' Film
- 'My Life as a Zucchini': How to Bring Your Audience to Tears with Puppets
- 'Arrival': How DP Bradford Young Deconstructed Sci-Fi
- Maren Ade on 'Toni Erdmann,' the Most Embarrassing Film at Cannes This Year
- How the 'Fences' Sound Team Built an Emotional Soundscape for Denzel Washington's Dialogue
- 'Rogue One' & 'Lion' DP Greig Fraser Shares the Discovery That Transformed Both Movies
- In 'Manchester by the Sea,' Waves of Grief Punctuate the Year's Most Tragic Performances
- 'Silence' Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on Shooting Film and Digital for Scorsese
- Ava DuVernay on '13th': How Netflix Jumpstarted the Timeliest Doc of the Year
- 'Elle': Paul Verhoeven on Why You Have to Embrace and Fear Your Films at the Same Time
- How 'Arrival' Screenwriter Eric Heisserer Transformed a Short Story into a Blockbuster Event
- Cinematographer Stephane Fontaine Lenses the Emotional Journey to 'Jackie' with Super 16
- 'Fire at Sea': How Gianfranco Rosi Made an Anti-Documentary
Oscar-Worthy Advice
"Jackie" Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Why Darren Aronofsky Wouldn't Direct 'Jackie' and Other Truth Bombs from Oscar Producers
- 12 Tips from the Shortlisted Directors for the 2017 Oscars Live Action Shorts
- 11 Indispensable Pieces of Advice from 2016's Best Cinematographers
- Get Advice from the Directors of 'La La Land,' 'Moonlight,' and More 2017 Award Contenders
Videos Not Nominated for Academy Awards but Dealing with the Academy Awards
"Silence" Credit: Paramount Pictures
- Watch: What's the Best Ever Oscars Best Picture Line-Up?
- Watch: Here is Every Film That Has Ever Won an Oscar for Best Picture
- Watch: Breathtaking Supercut of 2017's Best Cinematography Oscar Nominees
- Watch: 50 Roles from the Incredible Career of Oscar-Nominated Actress Isabelle Huppert
- Watch: Every Best Animated Feature Winner Ever
- Video: Explore the Final Scenes of 45 Oscar-Winning Films
- Hang in There, Roger: Why Hasn't One of the Best DPs in the World Won an Oscar Yet?
- Watch: Every Best Cinematography Oscar Winner Ever
- Watch: Know Your 2017 Below-the-Line Oscar Nominees
- Why 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Deserves the VFX Oscar
- Watch: In David Lynch's Dark and Twisted 'La La Land,' Nothing is What it Seems
- Watch: Damien Chazelle Rehearses 'La La Land' Opening Number on His iPhone, Plus Gosling Piano Solos
- Watch: This 2-Minute Video Shows You Every Homage to Classic Musicals in 'La La Land'
- Watch: Behind the Scenes Videos from 'La La Land' Show How Memorable Sequences Were Shot
- Hot and Cold: Exploring the Cinematography of 'Arrival' DP Bradford Young
- 'Watch: 'Arrival' Masters the Art of Subtle VFX
Who Already Won What Where
"La La Land" Credit: Summit Entertainment
- Why the Oscars Are Rigged to Pick 'La La Land'
- Here Are Your Surprising and Not-So-Surprising BAFTA Winners for 2017
- 'Krisha' Dominates the Inaugural American Independent Film Awards
- 2016's Best Directors Named at the Directors Guild of America Awards
- ADG Award Nominations Reveal 2016's Best in Production Design
- Golden Globes 2017 Winners: 'La La Land' Shatters Record with 7 Wins, and More Surprises
- 'Arrival,' 'La La Land,' and 'Zootopia' Among Winners of 2017 ACE Eddie Awards
- 'Moonlight' is the Big Winner at IFP's 2016 Gotham Awards, Takes Home 4 Awards
- 'Moonlight' and 'Arrival' Win Big at the 2017 Writers Guild Awards
- 'The Jungle Book' And 'Kubo and the Two Strings' Major VFX Winners at VES Awards
The Gear That Made it All Happen
- Cameras from ARRI, RED, and Sony Honored at the 2017 Academy Sci-Tech Awards
- Which Cameras Were Used on the Oscar-Nominated Films of 2017?
For Those Who'd Rather Read the Movies
"Hell or High Water" Credit: Lionsgate
- Download 9 of the 10 Screenplays Nominated for the 2017 Oscars Right Now
- 'Lion,' 'Sing Street,' and More Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays Available for Free Download
- Free Screenplays: 'Arrival' and 'Fences' Among Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays Now Available
- Download 'Jackie,' 'Birth of a Nation' and More Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays for Free
- 'Moonlight', '20th Century Women' & More Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays for Free Download
- Read 20 Oscar-Hopeful Screenplays: 'Loving,' 'Manchester by the Sea,' and More
For Those Who'd Rather Listen to Us Talk About the Movies
- We Put RED and ARRI Head to Head & What Makes a Film 'Indie,' Anyway? [PODCAST]
- Sundance 2017: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird [PODCAST]
- Early Oscar News & Film Budget Fundamentals [PODCAST]
Featured image from 'Fences'